PhD English
Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, United Kingdom
Course overview
We welcome PhD proposals in all areas from Medieval literature to literature of the 2020s. The Department’s particular areas of expertise include: Contemporary poetry Crime fiction Life writing Horror Nature writing Black diaspora literature Postcolonial fiction Women’s writing Children’s literature Literary geography and ecocriticism Queer writing Memory and post-memory Welsh writing in English Literatures of surveillance Irish writing Gothic literature and ghost stories Psychoanalysis Late Medieval secular literature Contemporary medievalism Romanticism Victorian literature Modernism and late modernism Disability in literature Postmodernism. A PhD in Literary Studies is awarded upon satisfactory completion of a thesis of 80-100,000 words followed by a viva voce examination.
Key highlights
- Proposals welcomed in all periods, from Medieval literature to the 2020s
- Supervision expertise includes crime fiction, horror, Gothic literature and ghost stories
- Specialisms in ecocriticism, literary geography and nature writing
- Research strengths in Welsh writing in English and Irish writing
- Expertise in Black diaspora, postcolonial, queer and women's writing
- Assessed by an 80,000–100,000-word thesis and viva voce examination
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:1 — to include relevant subject
- Master's degree: Merit — 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area and Merit performance at Masters level (either complete or in process).
- Additional condition: portfolio — English Language Requirements IELTS 7.5 with minimum 7.5 in each component Other Requirements Submission of a satisfactory portfolio of existing critical writing.
Scholarships
AberDoc Scholarship
Tuition fees (up to the UK (Home) rate of £5,006 per annum). A maintenance allowance of approximately £20,780 per annum and access to a travel and conference fund (max. £1000 per annum) will also be provided.
AberGrad Scholarship
A £1,000 tuition fee discount is available to Aberystwyth graduates.
Up to £1,000Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship
UK First Honours degree will be eligible for a £3,000 discount; UK Upper Second (2:1) or Lower Second (2:2) degree will receive a £2,000 discount.
Careers this course leads to
- University lecturer
- Postdoctoral researcher
- Editor
- Literary critic
- Archivist
- Secondary school English teacher
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Aberystwyth University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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